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2014 Gaza War

Operation Protective Edge 2014
Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict
The home of the Kware' family, after it was bombed by the military.jpgIron Dome in Operation Protective Edge.jpg
(left) A home in Gaza bombed by Israel
(right) Iron Dome missile defense system in operation
Date 8 July – 26 August 2014 (7 weeks)
Location Gaza Strip
Israel
Result

Victory claimed by both sides

  • According to Israel and Palestinian president Abbas, Hamas was severely weakened and achieved none of its demands
  • According to Hamas, Israel was repelled from Gaza
Belligerents
 Israel

Gaza Strip

Armament support:
 Iran
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Netanyahu
(Prime Minister)
Moshe Ya'alon
(Defense Minister)
Benny Gantz
(Chief of General Staff)
Amir Eshel
(Air Force Commander)
Ram Rothberg
(Naval Commander)
Sami Turgeman
(Southern Commander)
Mickey Edelstein
Gaza Division
Yoram Cohen
(Chief of Shin Bet)
Khaled Mashal
Leader of Hamas
Ismail Haniyeh
Deputy chief of Hamas
Mohammed Deif
Head of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Ramadan Shalah
Leader of PIJ
Units involved

Badge of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Israel Defense Forces

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades
Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
Al-Quds Brigades
Strength
176,500 active personnel
565,000 reservists(2012 figures, of which not all are directly involved)

Al-Qassam Brigades: 20,000–40,000

Al-Quds Brigades: 8,000
Casualties and losses
67 soldiers killed,
468 soldiers wounded
GHM: 693 militants killed
UN HRC: 789 militants killed
Israel MFA: 936 militants killed
GHM: 1,617 Palestinian civilians killed and
10,626 militants and civilians wounded
UNHRC: 1,462 Palestinian civilians killed
Israel MFA: 761 Palestinian civilians and 428 uncategorized males aged 16–50 killed
(at least 23 Gazans executed by Hamas)

6 civilians killed in Israel (1 Thai) and 36 wounded

Victory claimed by both sides

Gaza Strip

Badge of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Israel Defense Forces

Al-Qassam Brigades: 20,000–40,000

The 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict also known as Operation Protective Edge (Hebrew: מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן‎, Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, lit. "Operation Strong Cliff") and sometimes referred to as the 2014 Gaza war, was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers by Hamas members, the IDF conducted Operation Brother's Keeper to arrest militant leaders, Hamas fired rockets into Israel and a seven-week conflict broke out. The Israeli strikes, the Palestinian rocket attacks and the ground fighting resulted in the death of thousands of people, the vast majority of them Gazans.


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